NVDE at Expo Ideas 2016

NVDE at Expo Ideas 2016 As part of the many different innovation initiatives the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus, this past April 28th the students in the NVDE program were part of this semester’s Expo Ideas event. Expo Ideas is an event held every semester within the campus grounds, in which students who aim…

Product Development Economics

Product Development Economics Product development economics is the topic of the course this week. As a means of breaking the ice Prof. José E. Lugo quickly challenges the students by asking them to think about market availability and product cost. In doing so, the students were tasked to work quickly and answer the question and…

Summit on Global Sustainability in Engineering Education

Summit on Global Sustainability in Engineering Education   So what is sustainability? The simple definition that I like is: sustainability is the ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely. Sustainability has three main pillars: social, economic, and environmental. This last one is the more commonly addressed by society in general. However, our own actions have…